/lit/ furniture?

>dat sad little plant
:(

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>>8464866
I've got Ikea Billys for bookshelves, haven't had any issues with bowing on the shelves yet, though I've only had them a year. They seem really decent for the price. I definitely like them better than the awful shelves I had from Wal-mart for years.

I have Ikea things for reading in too, but none of them are all that comfortable (ekero, knopparp and poang). The $100 sofa is only decent if it's smothered in blankets.

>>8464907
He got very ill when we moved house and is slowly making a recovery.
>>8464912
Pic related? They don't seem to be sagging at all, might be a nice, economical solution for me.

>>8464916
>He
S E X I S T

>>8464916
Yeah, those are mine--the only ones I feared might be too heavy are the art books and anthologies, but I just put those on a bottom shelf and haven't seen any problems.

I built my own bookshelf. Its fine and pine smells good for a long time

>Taking the Greeks meme literally.

>>8464866
what desk is that? I'm looking for a new office desk and I just want a flat simple desk with no keyboard drawer but every single desk I find has one.

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>>8464912

Besta is the superior Ikea choice, thickr, stronger, better made, no bare edges and a lot more modular.

>>8465213
I don't really need modular, since I'm after a uniform look.

But I am really into that one Besta color, the light gray walnut one, I was going to do my TV area with it. But I imagine they'll discontinue it right after I get it, like they did with the Billy brown color.

Do you have your books on Besta shelving?

I have a desk and I pile up old textbooks and hardcover books to make it a standing desk. I stand at the desk when I work from home and read at it when it is time to read.

I only like to read standing up or laying down. Reading when sitting feels awkward and uncomfortable.

I have a bookshelf that I found on the curb when I was in college. It is pretty small. If I were to get a bigger one I think I would make one.

Sitting when reading doesn't bother you guys?

>>8465250

Yes, the 20cm deep shelving, works perfectly for 99% of all novels even hardback.
Shallow profile.

Aside from that it also has holes for planks entirely from top to bottom, Billy doesn't have that.

>>8465264
>Sitting when reading doesn't bother you guys?

I prefer laying down but when I'm sitting I'm usually mostly laying down anyway.

>>8464935
C U C K

>>8464912
Is this your collection? That's a lot of books. I wish I had that many.

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Most of my stuff is pretty cheap but I do what I can to make it look nice.

Shelves are the standard Ikea Billy, they're not the best but I've never had any major problems with them. The desk is just as low-quality, it's from Staples. Everything else I got used, I either bought it off craigslist or from a cheap local antique store or was given it by a family member.

A good quality used/vintage item will cost just about as much as the cheap version will at Ikea. I used to look for used solid wood bookshelves constantly, but then I just gave up and got these ones.

>>8465361
cool chair in bottom pic

>>8465069
it's a second hand dining table I bought and sanded down
>>8465361
comfy.

>>8464866
Plant's cute

>>8464866

Take your faggot "aesthetics" and fuck off to >>>/fa/ where your homosexuality belongs. If you seriously need to show off your fucking furniture then you need to reevaluate your narcissistic and pathetic life.

>>8466151
>not even realizing what this board has become

>>8466151
I'm just asking if anyone can recommend me a nice chair and bookshelf you whiny faggot. Sorry if this isn't as "authentic" as your John Greene threads or whatever.

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not him but I saved this a few months ago

>>8466495
What is your budget for the chair?

>>8465013
Le nice rhyme

>>8467882
comfy/10

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An authentic Eames chair is the way to go.

>>8468029
Eames chair a shit. Ever sat in one? No head support unless you are a midget.

Am I in /v/?

>>8465361
You've done a grand job with what you've got but I think you need a better desk chair.

>>8464866
>Hansen and Quinn's Greek book

Jesus I'm having flashbacks to the language intensive. That shit was tough. No wonder learning Greek has always been such an important marker of one's class; it's impossible

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>>8464866

I have some nice shelves in addition to these, but you can make do with cheap shelves so long as you reinforce them. These are cheap $15 Walmart shelves that I got because they fit the space under this window better than anything else I found, and I didn't have the budget or time to do a custom built-in solution. I reinforced each shelf with a solid piece of wood (as you can see in the bottom part picture), which has been pretty effective at preventing shelf-sag. It works here (I think, anyways) because nobody sees under the shelves; in a full height bookcase you might want to try something else.

>>8468053
This anon is absolutely correct. The Eames chair is beautiful, but if you're taller than 5'6", it offers zero head support. I've been happy with the old Ekornes I picked up that's in the picture. It can recline like those 'zero-gravity' lawn chairs as well. Very comfy for long reading sessions.

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What it be

>>8468620
Did you like Catch-22?

>>8464866
is that.. is that a dell keyboard? i love mine. good choice.

>>8468553
>that pith helmet
>that fan and radio
is this really a place you live in?
it looks really nice. needs wooden blinds though, and a really quality side table for the chair with a nice ashtray you never use but keep a lit cigarette in constantly.

>>8468786
No, not really. Why?

>>8468828
Just curious. Why didn't you?

>>8468620
>shoes on in bed
Just what the fuck dude? Wouldn't be surprised if u dont have a gf

>>8467882
damm, this boy has a neat setup here

I can't do that in my house cuz the books would be bury by dust

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>>8468835
I found it dry abd grinding. I got the irony like a quater into the story. I prefer things that are to the point, and if not, atleast reward you sufficiently for the wait. Also, my humble shelf kek

>>8468845
Actually "dude", my shoes aren't on the bed. My one foot is leaning over the edge and the other is resting on my leg. And I have a cutie ;) but you won't believe me anyway.

>>8468866
It's not about whether your shoes are touching your bed or not, it's dirty. Take off your shoes when you get inside ur home, blegh.

>>8468871
Meh, I generally do, but I clean my shoes on a regular basis. It's really not THAT dirty. So what, do you just walk around in socks all day?

>>8468894
Yeah that's what I do, I thought it was a normal thing to do? I walk around in socks all day, and I change socks every day so there's no dirty nowhere on my carpet/floor.

It's just that when you walk outside with ur shoes you're gathering all the poo and pee and dirt from outside then come inside and rub it on your bed and floor it just seems very weird to me. Oh well let's not discuss about arbitrary things

>>8468905
Americans wear shoes at all times unless literally sleeping under the covers. It's weird. I've always taken my shoes and socks off when home.

I don't even wear shoes, go around barefoot everywhere. Otherwise, leather sandals, like my ancestors.

>>8467900
Accidental

>>8468964
>barefoot everywhere
enjoy getting rusty nails in ur foot

>>8467882
w2c table

>>8468971
>not looking where you step
enjoy walking through dogshit. besides, nails can go through rubber soles fairly easily.

>>8465361

Looks comfy anon, I like it

>>8468983
>every little piece of pebble will cause you excruciating pain
Wear shoes you peasant.

>>8465361
What is that chair? It's it as comfy as it looks?

>>8468988
boy, you must not know that for millenia man walked without shoes. It doesn't hurt my feet, but then again, i'm accustomed to walking without shoes on. I don't do it to be hip or cool, just because it's comfortable. I don't see why you're so obsessed with my footwear choices.

>>8468999
Dude I dont beleive you dont wear shoes outside, that's just fucknig weird man are u some hobbit or what? pic of your feet or i dont believe u

>>8469001
i'm sorry i even mentioned this. some people are fucking ijits.

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>>8468823

It's my home office/study. The pith helmet is nice when I'm working in the garden on a hot day (you soak it in water, and it becomes an air-conditioner for your head), and I fixed up the radio so that it can stream music from my home server/online, as well as being a normal radio (that's more of a /g/ / /diy/ project than a /lit/ one though).

The blinds are already wood, actually. There's not really enough space for a side table, unfortunately, but the bookcase is close enough to the chair to make do.

>>8468917
Well, America tends to be cleaner than other countries. If I wear my shoes in the rain in America, they don't smell bad. If I wear my shoes in the rain in China, they smell something fierce.

>>8469011
I'm currently living in central Paris, and the first thing I do when entering my flat is taking off my shoes.

>>8469016
I'm not sure what to tell you, I usually take my shoes off at my bed, even in Taiwan.

>>8469010
well, it's neat. you have a nice little area there. who's the bust of? good thing you have friday night lights so i can feel better about my patrician tastes and accept that though my study/office isn't as aesthetic, at least it doesn't have friday night lights in it. just wanted to thank you for assuaging my ego.

>>8468917
Where in America do people do this? I don't know anyone that doesn't take off their shoes.

I'm glad my shoes started their first internet debate.

>>8469046
Literally everyone I knew back when I lived in San Diego.

>>8468974
http://www.fritzhansen.com/en/little-friend-ks11-table-height-adjustable#KS11()Body_Base()WALNT()TA136

>>8469069
>California
Explains it. Try the east coast.

>>8469027
Happy to help. I have a mix of good and shit books in here.

The bust is (supposedly) of Cicero. If it is, it must be a young Cicero, because he doesn't have the pleasant patrician jowls you see on most Cicero busts. I can see him from some angles, but from others it doesn't look much like him. But this is what happens when you order things sight-unseen.

>>8469080
Fuck off, everyone on the east coast wears shoes inside too, quit lying.

>>8469079
You'd have to be delusional to spend that much on a table

>>8469095
You'll jump out of your seat when you learn how much the chair cost. Dude posted the pic last winter, spent a whole day spewing knowledge about furniture materials and construction.

Some people got mad and he hasn't been back since.

>>8469095
…or to like nice furnitures. I don't get why it'd be more irrational than spending $6,000 on a watch.

>>8469102
It doesn't even look like it sits right..

>>8469102

I don't mind the expensive chair and table, but the books stacked so that you can't grab one without needing to move everything else in that stack is stupid. We use shelves for a reason.

>>8469122
Try stacking two feet of books up against the wall and grab the book in the middle. It's not hard.

>>8469122
Actually, it's easy to grab every book ex the lowest one, and I assume he stacked them according to when he read them.

>>8469132

Try putting that book back in the middle after you're done with it. It's not easy.

Wasn't that guy looking at getting some super expensive shelves as well?

>>8469146
I don't recall. Maybe. Waruso is down.

Just put the book in the top of the pile. Doesn't look like it matters much.

>>8467884
Absolute maximum £1k, ideally, between £200 and £500.
>>8467882
He was a cool guy, he recommended me a book on Hans Wegner.
>>8468129
If it makes you feel any better I've not even started on it, it was a gift.

>>8469146
I remember a video he linked, which I bookmarked, which was probably the shelving being looked into.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEYaEmxTcw

>>8469155
For 500 GBP, you could get a wishbone chair. And maybe something to prop your feet up.

>>8469167
I'm not sure I'm sold on the wishbone honestly. I love the aesthetic, but the posture looks rather upright for a chair I'd like to read in. It looks more like something I'd sit at a desk or dining table with. Was hoping for something more lounge like.

>>8469187
I think the best thing would be to go to a nice furniture store and sit in fifty different chairs.

>>8469190
Not a bad idea, I really like the CH22 lounge chair by Wegner but it's just shy of 2 grand. Also, including the stool, the chair that furniture anon posted all those months ago is just shy of £4k.

>>8469197
Yeah the price tags are hefty, but then again, I see it as something that you can enjoy for the rest of your days. Still, gathering the funds and dropping them on a single item is a bit of feat.

>>8469202
It's something I could justify to myself once I've graduated and am in stable employment, but yeah, as a student I really can't justify spending thousands on a chair.

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>>8469187

Secondhand is probably the way to go. Just try out chairs until you find one you like.

If you don't want to do that, the Strandmon chair and ottoman at Ikea is comfy enough, not especially unattractive (you can get it in non-garish colors), and relatively inexpensive.

>>8469498
hey ol' buddy ol' pal could I get a closer look at the books on your desk?

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>>8469498
>>8469502

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>>8469498
>>8469502
>>8469519

>>8469519
>>8469524
You haven't read any of those books, have you? Most of them look unread unless you turn the pages with tweezers or something.

>>8469699
The only books I haven't read is Apollodorus, Homeric Hymns, Aristotle, a few individual plays, trial of socrates, the bible, and dawn to decadence. The Harold Blooms one I just use as a reference so I haven't read those front to back, and the ones on the higher shelf I started but didn't finish and plan to come back to. The ones lying on the table (ovid, thucydides) I'm currently reading. Sorry I take care of my books though

>>8467882
I really really wish this guy would come back. I can't remember the name of the furniture and chair makers he recommended.

>>8468029
Eames is shit

>>8468871
>Discussing proper protocol w/r/t shoe and feet placement inside one's personal space

This is a literature board for fs, stop acting all Japanese obsessive like.

So what is the best modern-styled reading and lounge chair?

>>8468553
>>8469220
very nice

>>8468991
Midcentury rocking chair bought in the 60s. Salvaged from grandma's basement. It's pretty nice if you have a good-sized pillow like the one I have. You could probably find one pretty easily if you want

>>8469976

http://www.danishdesignstore.com/products/wegner-ch445-wing-chair-carl-hansen-son

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/jielde

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>>8469719

I think its more likely you bought them just for muh colelction - especially those unread Greek books.

No one actually reads that much philosophy, pseud.

>>8470970
Don't bully him anon, he did good and started with the greeks.

>>8469976
>>8470912
probably cheaper on InMod, but any idiot should be able to tell that that's a Hans Wenger and buy one from wheresoever they please

>>8468620

Dorm-room tier.

>>8464916
My IKEA shelves were bowing pretty badly at the end of a year. I wish I had pics, but I don't. I sold them to some college students, and now I'm probably going to build some shelves of proper wood.

>>8469046
It's a meme, you dip

>>8471011
>InMod

InMod sells imitation furniture. Not the real thing.

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i get prints, paintings or busts cheap enough to procure for my room that are relevant to my interests.

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rate my room

>>8471105
Are you trying you break your neck?

>>8471117
the 2nd step into my room is just before the cords, so they arent a problem

>>8471105
shakeweight /10.

>>8470970
Not that anon but to be completely honest, because of my autism, I'm always way to nice to my books and they therefore always look unread.

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Not mine, but i'd kill to have a room like this. (Except for the horrid lamp and random floor stack.

>>8471586
fake egg/10

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>>8471653
>"real" designer furniture

>>8471085
also see >>8471677

>>8471653
I know it's fake("inspired"), I took it from a sham company called Vega or whatever, it's a stock picture. they sell "eamer" chairs as well.

I don't see how they're still in business, they mark up an absurd "original price" like a 92% off on an item. Still, the aesthetic stand.

>>8471574
people always give me shit for not reading my books because they look new always. I just treat them with care.

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Reading chair. Gift from my great aunt Mary.

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I sit in an old shitty recliner. It works.